Roald Baudoux

I cannot find who invented ring modulation as a technique for sound 

transformation and when. A source names Harald Bode but I cannot 

Are there compositions using it prior to Stockhausen's Kontakte?

Composer of electroacoustic art (acousmatic music, sound 

Junior Lecturer for the Royal Conservatory of Music (Mons, Belgium).

I cannot find who invented ring modulation as a technique for sound  
transformation and when.  A source names Harald Bode but I cannot  
find a confirmation nor a date.

Roald Baudoux
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Composer of electroacoustic art (acousmatic music, sound  
installations, live electronics).
(http://www.roaldbaudoux.org/)

Junior Lecturer for the Royal Conservatory of Music (Mons, Belgium).
(http://www.conservatoire-mons.be)
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Bode is also mentioned in the CMT as one of the pioneers of ring modulation. The sources Roads cites from Bode in conjunction with RM are:

Bode, H. 1967. "The multiplier type ring modulator." Electronic Music Review 1.

Bode, H. 1984. "History of electronic sound modification." Journal of the Audio Engineering Society 32(10): 730-739.

Bode is also mentioned in the CMT as one of the pioneers of ring modulation.  The sources Roads cites from Bode in conjunction with RM are:

They also call it Double Side Band amplitude modulation,

The term RM is coming from an analogue device where the electronic circuit

a ring and the input signal is modulated by an on/off signal.

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Roald Baudoux wrote:

> I cannot find who invented ring modulation as a technique for sound

> transformation and when. A source names Harald Bode but I cannot find a

> Are there compositions using it prior to Stockhausen's Kontakte?

> Composer of electroacoustic art (acousmatic music, sound installations,

> Junior Lecturer for the Royal Conservatory of Music (Mons, Belgium).

They also call it Double Side Band  amplitude modulation,
The term RM is coming from an analogue device where the electronic circuit
looked like
a ring and the input signal is modulated by an on/off signal.

> Hello,
> I cannot find who invented ring modulation as a technique for sound
> transformation and when.  A source names Harald Bode but I cannot find a
> confirmation nor a date.
>
> Are there compositions using it prior to Stockhausen's Kontakte?
>
> Thank you for helping.
>
> Roald Baudoux
> --------------------------------
> Composer of electroacoustic art (acousmatic music, sound installations,
> live electronics).
> (http://www.roaldbaudoux.org/)
>
> Junior Lecturer for the Royal Conservatory of Music (Mons, Belgium).
> (http://www.conservatoire-mons.be)
> --------------------------------
> Tel/fax: +32.(0)2.503.23.46
> Mobile: +32.(0)497.32.38.13
>
>
>
>
>
>

Would you guys care to lay down the basic principles behind ring modulation again by posting a number of explanatory links?

MSP tutorials 8 and 9 talk about ring modulation. You could start there.

> Subject: [maxmsp] What exactly is ring modulation and where can i read about    this?

> Would you guys care to lay down the basic principles behind ring modulation again by posting a number of explanatory links?

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MSP tutorials 8 and 9 talk about ring modulation.  You could start there.

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> From: jlistshit@kliklak.net
> Subject: [maxmsp] What exactly is ring modulation and where can i read about	this?
>
>
> This thread is rather interesting.
>
> Would you guys care to lay down the basic principles behind ring modulation again by posting a number of explanatory links?
>
> Thank you very much!
>
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Hey, ring modulation is covered quite extensively in the Computer Music Tutorial (Roads, ISBN-10: 0262680823). I think it might also say quite a bit about the origin of the effect, as well as the maths and application side of it.

Karlheinz Stockhausen was using it a lot in the 50s, but perhaps some other composers (or non-musicians) knew it before him.

Harold Bode in his article "The Multiplier-Type Ring Modulator" (Electronic

Music Rewiew Jan. 67) mentions the Klangumformer (L. Heck and P. Buerck), a

sophisticated ring modulator of 1956. So, I am pretty sure, that this

> Betreff: [maxmsp] [OT] Who invented ring modulation and who used it first in a

> transformation and when. A source names Harald Bode but I cannot

> Composer of electroacoustic art (acousmatic music, sound

Harold Bode in his article "The Multiplier-Type Ring Modulator" (Electronic
Music Rewiew Jan. 67) mentions the Klangumformer (L. Heck and P. Buerck), a
sophisticated ring modulator of 1956. So, I am pretty sure, that this
technique was used before 1956.

> Von: Roald Baudoux 
> Antworten an: 
> Datum: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 20:55:46 +0100
> An: Max List List 
> Betreff: [maxmsp] [OT] Who invented ring modulation and who used it first in a
> composition?
>
> Hello,
>
> I cannot find who invented ring modulation as a technique for sound
> transformation and when.  A source names Harald Bode but I cannot
> find a confirmation nor a date.
>
> Are there compositions using it prior to Stockhausen's Kontakte?
>
> Thank you for helping.
>
> Roald Baudoux
> --------------------------------
> Composer of electroacoustic art (acousmatic music, sound
> installations, live electronics).
> (http://www.roaldbaudoux.org/)
>
> Junior Lecturer for the Royal Conservatory of Music (Mons, Belgium).
> (http://www.conservatoire-mons.be)
> --------------------------------
> Tel/fax: +32.(0)2.503.23.46
> Mobile: +32.(0)497.32.38.13
>
>
>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_modulator

goes back to stockhausen's kontake, if in a kind of unorganized fashion, the lack of a properly ordered historical section.

harold bode's article is missing there, but they mention the use of ring modulators as a technical feature of older fm radios.

Also the subharchord was using ring modulation

I am pretty sure Oskar Sala was using ring modulation as well, but I 

jayrope schrieb:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_modulator

I am pretty sure Oskar Sala was using ring modulation as well, but I 
don't know since when...

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I don't find any trace of a ring modulator in the description of the

But Werner Meyer-Eppler described the musical application of RM already 1949

in his book "Elektrische Klangerzeugung" (as mentioned in Elena Ungeheuers

book on p. 208), and he demonstrated his experiments in June 1953 in Delft.

> Betreff: Re: [maxmsp] Re: [OT] Who invented ring modulation and who used it

> Also the subharchord was using ring modulation

> I am pretty sure Oskar Sala was using ring modulation as well, but I

I don't find any trace of a ring modulator in the description of the
subharchord. 
But Werner Meyer-Eppler described the musical application of RM already 1949
in his book "Elektrische Klangerzeugung" (as mentioned in Elena Ungeheuers
book on p. 208), and he demonstrated his experiments in June 1953 in Delft.

> Von: Stefan Tiedje 
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> Datum: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:43:01 +0100
> An: 
> Betreff: Re: [maxmsp] Re: [OT] Who invented ring modulation and who used it
> first in a composition?
>
> jayrope schrieb:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_modulator
>
> Also the subharchord was using ring modulation
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subharchord
>
> I am pretty sure Oskar Sala was using ring modulation as well, but I
> don't know since when...
>
> Stefan
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i believe ring mod was also used for the daleks in dr who (bbc radiophonic / delia derbyshire). 

i believe ring mod was also used for the daleks in dr who (bbc radiophonic / delia derbyshire). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_who

Mr. Spoerri, just out of curiosity: Do you own all the books you quote? A quite impressive collection! How could a normal non-academic like me have access to those? I am situated in Berlin.

> I don't find any trace of a ring modulator in the description of the

http://www.subharchord.com/sub_frameset/gebrauchsanweisung/Schreibertext.html

> But Werner Meyer-Eppler described the musical application of RM already 1949

> in his book "Elektrische Klangerzeugung" (as mentioned in Elena Ungeheuers

> book on p. 208), and he demonstrated his experiments in June 1953 in Delft.

curious if Stockhausen heard (of) these experiments, or maybe some of 

Bruno Spoerri schrieb:
> I don't find any trace of a ring modulator in the description of the
> subharchord. 

> But Werner Meyer-Eppler described the musical application of RM already 1949
> in his book "Elektrische Klangerzeugung" (as mentioned in Elena Ungeheuers
> book on p. 208), and he demonstrated his experiments in June 1953 in Delft.

curious if Stockhausen heard (of) these experiments, or maybe some of 
the people at WDR...

>> But Werner Meyer-Eppler described the musical application of RM already 1949

>> in his book "Elektrische Klangerzeugung" (as mentioned in Elena Ungeheuers

>> book on p. 208), and he demonstrated his experiments in June 1953 in Delft.

> curious if Stockhausen heard (of) these experiments, or maybe some of

And, of course, Stockhausen worked with Meyer-Eppler...

> I found it on the german wikipedia
> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subharchord
as well as there:
>
> http://www.subharchord.com/sub_frameset/gebrauchsanweisung/Schreibertext.html
>
>> But Werner Meyer-Eppler described the musical application of RM already 1949
>> in his book "Elektrische Klangerzeugung" (as mentioned in Elena Ungeheuers
>> book on p. 208), and he demonstrated his experiments in June 1953 in Delft.
>
> curious if Stockhausen heard (of) these experiments, or maybe some of
> the people at WDR...

You're right! thank you!
And, of course, Stockhausen worked with Meyer-Eppler...
Bruno


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